I'm in Las Vegas, NV with Cirque du Soleil performing with the show ‘Viva ELVIS’, a production about the life and legacy of Elvis Presley. Before joining ‘Viva Elvis’, I left the Cirque du Soleil show Corteo in 2009, after performing over 1500 shows (without missing a single one) and being with the show since it's creation in January of 2005.
In January of this year, Joe Testa, Steve Murphy, and myself released 6 books that we wrote in conjuction with Smart Music. The series, called The Principal Percussion Series, is broken up in two divisions with 3 books per division: Rudimental Etudes and Warm-Ups (Easy, Intermediate, & Advanced) and Rhythmic Compositions (Easy, Intermediate, & Advanced). Check them out in the media section.
I am also accepting new school arranging projects since I will be leaving tour and will be in one place. If you are interested in having me custom write your school's indoor or outdoor percussion arrangements, contact me at Kit@KitChatham.com. Included with the writing, you'll receive practice tracks for your students, isolated parts split with a click track for presicion practice, as well as many other useful media practice tools.
If you haven't yet, check out the Media section for new video clips. I'm also continuing to work on a couple of recording projects, and working on a new book on advanced drumming - stay posted for the latest!
